The Conservative Party announced today that Boris Johnson has been elected as Leader of the Party, having secured the endorsement of nearly 2/3 of all votes cast. 

In other news from Westminster! I met the Rail Minister, Andrew Jones, and his colleagues from the Department for Transport today to press the case for better station access between Horsham and Crawley.

This week the All Party Parliamentary Group on Southern Rail held an update meeting with the CEO of Govia Thameslink, the Managing Director of Southern, and Director of Network Rail.

Yesterday Gatwick announced its proposed Master Plan for the Airport.  It can be found here: https://www.gatwickairport.com/masterplan   

Last week there were two very different but extremely enjoyable events in the east of the constituency. Balcombe hosted its annual village fete with a great turnout. A lot of interesting displays but I was particularly pleased to see Repower Balcombe.

I was pleased to be contacted by the Sussex and East Surrey Clinical Commissioning Groups and to be informed of the improvements that have been made across a number of the local CCGs.

It was certainly a busy weekend with a number of excellent events taking place.

I have received this morning the update below regarding local rail services from Network Rail/GTR following yesterday’s derailment.

Update from Network Rail/GTR:

I have just received the communication below from Network Rail and GTR regarding the engineering train derailment at London Victoria.

UPDATE FROM NETWORK RAIL AND GTR

ENGINEERING TRAIN DERAILMENT - LONDON VICTORIA

Dear Stakeholder,

It was great to join a group of Tanbridge House School students for a lively discussion.

We covered topics that were priorities to the students which included; social media, the internet, the environment, local housing provision, LGBTQ+ clubs in schools, voting age and Brexit.